Marine Agency & Freight Forwarding · UAE & India · Est. 1992
Marine agency and freight forwarding under one roof, across the UAE and India. Every client gets one named relationship manager who knows your account, and a direct line to them - not a ticket number.
1992
Established
50+
Professionals
8
Offices ·
UAE & India
2
Integrated verticals
The structure
Most operators do one thing. Marine agency, or freight forwarding - rarely both, almost never with the same team and the same accountability. When they're split across vendors, there's a gap between them that nobody is paid to own. Rapid runs both.
Vessel permissions, crew handling, shore passes, KSA Visa assistance, supply and husbandry.
For: vessel owners · ship management companies · offshore energy operators
Sea, air and multimodal imports and exports, customs clearance, warehousing and last-mile.
For: importers · exporters · manufacturers · F&B distributors
Track & trace
Enter your Bill of Lading or container number and pick your carrier. We'll take you straight to the live tracking for that line. Need eyes on a vessel at anchorage instead? Your relationship manager has it.
What we handle
FCL, LCL and project cargo across the major lines, with customs cleared in step - not as a separate handoff.
Time-critical and high-value air cargo, including runway-to-chiller handling for perishables.
Cross-border GCC haulage and green-corridor routing via Khorfakkan and Oman when sea lanes tighten.
Ambient, chill and frozen storage with last-mile refrigerated delivery and inventory holding.
Clean clearance, repair-and-return deposits and duty mitigation - documentation right the first time.
Full port husbandry, crew handling, permissions and supply for vessel owners and managers.
Specialist Services
Some vessels and some cargo don't fit a generic process. These are the lines we run week in, week out - with the precedents, the contacts and the documentation already in place.
The bulk of what we handle. Vessel permissions, crew changes, immigration and supply for offshore support fleets and rig-bound vessels - across anchorage, supply-boat runs and shore crew.
Runway-to-chiller for high-value perishables. MOFA attestations and product registrations filed ahead of arrival, Dubai Municipality inspection coordinated airside, refrigerated last-mile to the walk-in.
Repair-and-return clearance against dry-dock deadlines. Documentation clean from lodgement, parts coordinated dockside before the window opens.
Why Rapid
01
A named person who knows your fleet, your cargo and your history. Not a queue, not a ticket, not a rotating desk.
02
Hormuz closed? You get routing options and a quote for each - from the person who already knows your cargo, not a call centre.
03
When a call needs to be made, you reach someone with the authority to make it. The owners stay personally accountable for the work.
Straight answers
Two integrated verticals under one roof - marine agency services for vessel owners and ship managers, and freight forwarding plus customs clearance for importers, exporters and manufacturers.
We cover the UAE's major ports and airports, plus air gateways into India:
One named relationship manager, the same point of contact each time, reachable directly. When a decision is needed, you have direct access to senior management.
No - and not the most expensive either. We're priced competitively against both global corporates and local agents, and we win on accountability, not on undercutting a rate.
Start the conversation
One email and a named relationship manager is assigned within the same business day. No onboarding form, no procurement maze.
Rapid Shipping & Logistics
Suite 604 / 704, Al Qassimi Building
King Abdul Aziz Street, P.O. Box 21313
Sharjah, U.A.E.